Caption

Recklinghausen, Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - EMSCHERLAND construction project, a 37-hectare water and nature discovery park at the water crossroads of the Rhine-Herne Canal and the renaturalised Emscher (right) . The ecological focal point at the confluence of Suderwicher Bach and Emscher will also be a future garden for the International Garden Exhibition 2027. Before the renaturalisation, the Emscher river system was an open, above-ground wastewater channel, combined sewer with surface water and wastewater

Date

Sep 25, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rupert Oberhäuser

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BRK25C67_162

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No

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Rights managed

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57,1Mb (5,0Mb) / 18,2in x 12,2in / 5472 x 3648 (300dpi)

Keywords

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